On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:19:27 +0000 (UTC)
Dharmesh Mehta <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using Intel i350 NIC card, and I am not able to receive data more than
> 1500 bytes in a packet. I tried igb_uio as well as uio_pci_generic driver,
> but both fails.
> If I reduce data <= 1500 bytes than it works, but any thing more than 1500 is
> not able to receive.
> Do I have to tune any config parameter in order to support more than 1500?
> I tried to set MTU from code using API - rte_eth_dev_set_mtu(port_id, mtu) ,
> but no success.
> 0000:03:00.0 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection 1521' drv=igb_uio
> unused=vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic0000:03:00.1 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection
> 1521' drv=uio_pci_generic unused=igb_uio,vfio-pci0000:03:00.2 'I350 Gigabit
> Network Connection 1521' drv=uio_pci_generic
> unused=igb_uio,vfio-pci0000:03:00.3 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection 1521'
> drv=uio_pci_generic unused=igb_uio,vfio-pci
> Thanks in advance.DM.
In order to support >1500 bytes, you need to at least:
1. set jumbo_frame when setting rxmode
2. set enable_scatter in rxmode (unless mtu + overhead < pool size)
3. make sure pool mbuf size > eth->min_rx_buf_size
